Data Set Data Model: _setMsg

Data Set Data Model: _setMsg

Displays a message on the message line, the message window, or in the log

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

CALL SEND (object-id, '_setMsg', string);

Argument Type Description

string
C specifies the message to be displayed on the message line, the message window, or in the log

Argument	Type	Description
string	C	specifies the message to be displayed on the message line, the message window, or in the log

Details

The message is displayed on the message line of the attached viewer's frame unless one or more of the following conditions exist:

the object is not currently attached to a viewer
two or more messages have been issued since the last window refresh
the message level has been set to ignore this type of message.

In the first two cases, the message will be displayed in the SAS log. If the message level has been set to prevent that type of message from being displayed (for example, if the message begins with ERROR:, NOTE:, or WARNING:, and that message type is turned off), then the message will not be displayed.

If you want to display custom error messages one at a time on the message line such as in the case where multiple columns are in error, you can have the last message written to the message line in most situations by setting the _MSG_ system variable to your message text instead of making multiple calls to _setMsg.

See Also

_setMsgLevel

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